Hippo Campus began generating a potent buzz not long after they released their debut EP, 2014's Bashful Creatures, and since then the group has won a loyal following thanks to frequent touring and their intelligent but tuneful indie pop.
Their strongest and most complete work yet, LP3 is a freshly-inked portrait excavating young adulthood, identity and, more importantly, how that personal identity fits into a larger camaraderie.
Ships 9/20/24 - Flood doesn’t need to tell you it’s important or interesting; it simply is, just by virtue of how it’s written, built, and rendered, a map of what it’s like to feel everything at once
The music on Sweet Tooth marked a departure for Butler from his usual writing style. "I fell in love with bands like Modern Baseball and Front Bottoms and Joyce Manor, so I wanted to write songs like that"
How many albums virtually upend a genre? And how many erstwhile bluegrass bands top a contemporary jazz chart?! The answer to these questions, is, one, very few, and two, only Béla Fleck & the Flecktones!
Hippo Campus pare their sound back to taut guitar pop on Flood, a 13-track CD on Psychic Hotline. Songs like "Brand New" fold bruised confession into precise hooks; vulnerable, restless, quietly insistent.
Staples, Vince - (self-titled) CD: Ten terse songs produced by Kenny Beats, with Vince trading flourish for sharp, wry portraits of Long Beach life; includes 'Law Of Averages' and the closer 'Mhm'.
Warm, vinyl-ready reissue of Cypress Hill's IV, pressed as a 2LP (180g black vinyl). Includes 'Dr. Greenthumb' and 'Tequila Sunrise'. Fat low end and muggy grooves that open up on a good turntable.
Future’s Purple Reign LP; the 2016 mixtape pressed on vinyl for the first time. Dark, late-night trap production from DJ Esco and Metro Boomin; includes "Perkys Calling" and "News or Something."
